REGIONAL REMOTE AND COMMUNITY MUSEUM DAY – …

AMaGA2021 Program (outline, subject to change) 1 of 11

REGIONAL REMOTE AND COMMUNITY MUSEUM DAY – MONDAY 7 JUNE 2021, NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA 8.00am Registration Foyer

9.00am Welcome to country, welcome to NGA & conference

Katie Russell, AMaGA Director, and Dr Robin Hirst, AMaGA President

James Fairfax Theatre

RR&C Day Partner

9.30am Keynote, Bruce Johnson-McLean, National Gallery of Australia

10.30am Morning tea Foyer

11.00am-12.30pm RR&C 1A

Room: James Fairfax Theatre

RR&C 1B

Room: Gandel Hall 1

RR&C 1C

Room: Gandel Hall 2

RR&C 1D Lightning Talks

Room: Gandel Hall 3

11.00am Questacon Travelling interactive

science, Peter Mascini, Tim

Crowther, Questacon

Museums together: Building

bridges between communities so

future generations might respect

and accept each other, Jenny

Better, Jewish Museum of

Australia, Sherene Hassan,

Islamic Museum of Australia

Drought, disasters and climate

change: How to protect museum

collections as the world warms,

Peter Appleton, National Library

of Australia, Noel Lane, Museum

of Australian Democracy, Kim

Morris, Art & Archival

11.00am Re-establishing trust

and engagement in a small Island

community, Bethany Holland,

Norfolk Island Museum

11.10am Recalibrating the wheel:

Creating a new lean mean

exhibition machine, Deborah Hill,

National Museum of Australia

11.30am Inspiring future collections

through TMAG’s West: Out on

the Edge and ‘Growing up West’

Tradelines: A collaborative

curatorial project across country,

AMaGA2021 Program (subject to change) 2 of 11

project, Kirstie Ross, Tasmanian

Museum & Art Gallery

Rebecca McDuff, Dylan Sarra,

Bundaberg Regional Galleries

11.20am 3D printing of museum

artefacts and vernacular

creativity: Fan culture and

engagement with heritage

objects, Atosha McCaw, Deakin

University

11.30am Ready, willing and able:

Fostering civilian volunteers in

Army Museums, Blythe Guilfoyle,

Australian Army History Unit

11.40am Fake food, flatware and

finding focus: The re-imagining of

Blundells Cottage, Roslyn Hull,

National Capital Authority

11.50am One Treasure, Two

Nations: Australia’s first

international loan of a Victoria

Cross in 60 years, Neil Dailey,

Army History Unit

12.00pm Questions

12.00pm To be announced Collaborating for the future: How

a country/city partnership led to

benefits for regional

communities, Deborah Vaughan,

Museum of Applied Arts and

Sciences, Kerry-Ann Jones, South

West Arts

12.30pm Lunch Foyer

1.30pm-3.30pm RR&C 2A

Room: James Fairfax Theatre

RR&C 2B

Room: Gandel Hall 1

RR&C 2C

Room: Gandel Hall 2

RR&C 2D Tours and offsite

sessions

Room: Various locations

1.30pm Collecting big: Size really doesn’t

matter, Vicki Northey, National

Museum of Australia, Bob De LA

Hunty, Sherryl Sherson, HARS

Aviation Museum, NSW

To be announced Getting the most out of the

Australian Government’s Cultural

Gifts Program, Speaker to be

announced, Department of

Infrastructure, Transport,

Regional Development and

Communications, Office for the

Arts

Delegates are also invited to

attend a range of exciting

workshops at nearby venues in

the Parliamentary Triangle.

Triangle institutions – behind the

scenes or workshops.


2.15pm Winter blooming: Creating a

LGTIQ+, multicultural and

Indigenous festival after a

conversation in a bar, Rachael

Parsons, New England Regional

Art Museum

MOAD volunteers workshop

NLA: Education programming –

how to engage school groups –

online and onsite with a focus on

indigenous content/programming

2.30pm Looking out for young people:

Diversifying volunteering at

MoAD, Rose Mackie, Museum of

Australian Democracy at Old

Parliament House

2.45pm Trusting ourselves, trusting each

other: The Museum of the

Riverina re-development,

Samantha Leah, Museum of the

Riverina

3.30pm Afternoon tea Foyer

4.00pm-5.30pm Discussion (unconference session): Issues from the floor canvassed during the day. Speakers to be

announced.

James Fairfax Theatre

5.30pm-7.30pm Smoking Ceremony and Welcome Reception, including access to Botticelli to Van Gogh Gandel Hall

Venue sponsor


TUESDAY 8 JUNE 2021, NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE CANBERRA 8.00am Registration NCCC Foyer

8.30am Welcome to Country Royal Theatre

9.10am Chair: Dr Robin Hirst, AMaGA

Conference welcomes

Rebecca Coronel and Penny Grist, conference co-chairs

9.30am RR&C Day summary and handover

9.40am Prof Megan Davis, Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous and Professor of Law, University of

New South Wales

10.30am Morning tea and exhibition opening Exhibition Hall

11.00am Chair: Leigh Gordon AO, Royal Australian Mint

Leadership, transformative change and the future of museums and galleries, Caroline

Bowditch, Arts Access Victoria, Marcus Hughes, National Library of Australia, AMaGA

National Council, Rhana Devenport ONZM, Art Gallery of South Australia, Armando

Perla, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, ICOM Committee on Ethical Dilemmas

Facilitated by: Beverley Wang, Broadcaster and journalist

Royal Theatre

Session Sponsor

12.30pm Lunch Exhibition Hall

1.30pm Continuities and custodianship: This conversation will explore the theme of

custodianship as an expression of First Nations cultural continuity. How are our

legacies calling upon us to be active today? Brenda L. Croft, Australian National

University, Cara Kirkwood, Australia Council for the Arts, Nardi Simpson, Stiff Gins,

Michael Ghillar Anderson

Royal Theatre

Session Sponsors

3.15pm Afternoon tea

Exhibition Hall


3.45pm-5.00pm Chair and facilitator: Kim McKay AO, Australian Museum

Climate change and the cultural sector, Jilda Andrews, Australian National University,

Guy Abrahams, CLIMARTE, Jenny Newell, Australian Museum, Libby Robin, ANU

Historian of Science and Environment, Alexander Boynes, Artist, Jilda Andrews,

Australian National University

Royal Theatre

Session Sponsor

5.00pm-5.15pm Chair: Simon Elliott, Katie Russell

Close of day. Speakers to be announced.

ICOM Members Social Gathering.

The Chair of ICOM Australia, Dr Mathew Trinca, the ICOM Australia Executive Board

and PIMA representatives invite you to join us for a pre-dinner drink and to hear

updates on the proposed change to the definition of Museum. RSVPs required.

Peninsula Room, National Museum of Australia

6.30pm-10.30pm Conference Dinner National Museum of Australia

Principal and Dinner Venue Sponsor


WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE 2021, NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE CANBERRA

8.00am Registration NCCC Foyer

9.00am-10.30am 1A Lightning Talks

Room: Bradman

Theatrette

1B

Room: Menzies

Theatrette

1C

Room: Nicholls Theatrette

1D

Room: Exhibition Hall

1E

Room: Sutherland

Theatrette

9.00am

9.00am Seeking REFUGE:

Finding sanctuary,

Christopher Malcolm,

John Curtin Gallery

9.10am Re-thinking

medical collections, Nina

Earl, Museum of Applied

Arts and Sciences,

Emerging Professionals

Network

9.20am to be announced

9.30am Reinventing

exhibition development:

Merging theory and

practice through industry

partnership, Anna

Lawrenson, Marsha

Canning, Hurstville

Museum and Gallery

9.40am The home

collection: Theirs, but

ours, Sharon Bulkeley,

Canberra Museum and

Gallery

Making sense of Cook in

2020, Ray Ingrey, Botany

Bay, Harold Ludwig,

Cooktown, Ian Coates,

Shona Coyne, Lily

Withycombe, Janey

Wood, National Museum

of Australia, Edwina

Circuitt, Red Owl Projects,

Caolan Mitchell, Thylacine

Remaking a museum for a

new era: ACMI’s

structural, organisational,

& physical transformation,

Katrina Sedgwick,

Australian Centre for the

Moving Image

Game on: An interactive

workshop to re-imagine

your visitors, their

experiences and your

bottom line, Greg

Lissaman, Orion

Wayfinding, Deanna

Varga, Mayvin Global,

Lynda Kelly,

LyndaKellyNetworks

Digital Visions: The artistry

of imagination, Bridget

Hanna, Museums Victoria

9.30am Making thriving futures:

Museums, leadership and

change, Lynley Crosswell,

Museums Victoria

Reorienting the Lindsay

Collection at Toowoomba

Regional Art Gallery,

Jayson Althofer,

Toowoomba Regional Art

Gallery

10.00am Sowing the seeds:

Museum as a platform for

21st century

competencies

development, Chiu Huan

Shereen Tan, National

Heritage Board

Rethinking migration and

museums: The LGBTQ

migrations life story

narratives project

Mandy Paul, Migration

Museum, Nikki Sullivan,

Centre of Democracy

Hiding the democracy

veggies in plain sight:

Participatory practice at

MoAD, Nanette Louchart-

Fletcher, Amy Wolgamot,

Museum of Australian

Democracy


9.50am Collaborating with

“Big Brother”: An exercise

in trust, Emily Catt,

National Archives of

Australia

10.00am Creating the

classroom of the future:

The National Museum of

Australia’s defining

moments digital

classroom, Marissa Beard,

National Museum of

Australia

10.10am The museum

role in health promotion:

The case of high blood

pressure, Alfred Zerfas,

Melbourne University

10.20am Questions

10.30am Morning tea Exhibition Hall

11.00am-12.30pm 2A Lightning Talks

Room: Bradman

Theatrette

2B

Room: Menzies

Theatrette

2C


2D


Chair: Helen Privett

2E

Room: Sutherland

Theatrette

11.00am

Lightning session sponsor

11.00am The George

Alexander Foundation

Fellowship: A unique

professional development

opportunity for an

emerging museum

professional, Hannah

Webb, Royal Australian

Mint

The missing link: The

Aboriginal History Archive

as a midden of history,

Gary Foley, Anthony

Birch, Jon Hawkes,

Edwina Howell, Victoria

University, Margo Neale,

National Museum of

Australia

The national capital as

museum AND gallery,

Roslyn Hull, National

Capital Authority

Exhibitions Network host

Travelling Exhibitions

Marketplace, Helen

Privett, Museums Victoria,

Tracy Cooper-Lavery,

HOTA Home of the Arts,

QLD, Chris Harris, ACMI,

VIC, David Ellis, Chau Chak

Wing Museum, NSW

The museum’s role in

citizen engagement, social

cohesion and discourse,

Rohini Kappadath,

Immigration Museum

11.30am “Do you expect this

exhibition to solve

racism?” Balancing


11.45am 11.10am Working in local

government GLAM, Emma

Williams, Albury Library

Museum

11.20am Trusting the

leaders of tomorrow,

today: On the importance

of youth-led arts learning

programs, Jo Higgins,

Winston Churchill

Fellowship

11.30am Say what you

see: Audio description

experiences for inclusive

programming, Jody

Holdback, Access2Arts,

Annette Twyman,

National Portrait Gallery

11.40am Trusting

community: Having the

confidence to ask,

Adriane Boag, National

Gallery of Australia

11.50am ROCO©LONIAL

an artist initiated project:

Artists working with and

within institutions –

recital, Dorian Gary,

Faculty of Art & Design

UNSW

12.00pm Questions

Visual thinking strategies:

Building literacy,

confidence, and respect

for others through

meaningful discussion

about art, Karen Vickery,

Krysia Kitch, National

Portrait Gallery

expectations of

Indigenous and non-

Indigenous audiences,

Mariko Smith, Australian

Museum

12.00pm Trove & Community: First

Australians research for

the 21st Century, Rebecca

Bateman, Nicole

Lockwood, National

Library of Australia


12.15pm Close of session

12.30pm Lunch

AMaGA AGM followed by Member’s Forum, Bradman Theatrette

Exhibition Hall

1.30pm-3.00pm 3A

Room: Bradman

Theatrette

3B

Room: Menzies

Theatrette

3C


3D


3E

Room: Sutherland

Theatrette

1.30pm Imagining Eucalara and

the Seven Siblings from

2050, Natalie Carfora,

Museum of Discovery

(MOD.)

Too many cooks spoilt the

broth: A new perspective,

Margo Neale, National

Museum of Australia

A new direction for

repatriation: Reflections

and learnings from the

Return of Cultural

Heritage Project, Rose

Rutherford, Australian

Institute of Aboriginal &

Torres Strait Islander

Studies

Cultural cataloguing of

First Nations collections

using more appropriate

methodologies and

guidelines to enrich,

engage, educate and open

access, Tina Baum,

National Gallery of

Australia

Future collections –

Climate action and

conservation, Amanda

Pagliarino, Queensland

Art Gallery / Gallery of

Modern Art, MaryJo

Lelyveld, Australian

Institute for the

Conservation of Cultural

Materials, Julian

Bickersteth, International

Institution for

Conservation, Alice

Cannon, Australian

Institute for the

Conservation of Cultural

Material, ACT, Zehra

Ahmed, Australian

Museum, NSW

2.00pm What the hell were you

thinking? A 2027

interrogation of 2017’s

decisions, Caroline

Webber, Michelle

Hughes, Tracey Clarke,

Anne-Marie Condé,

National Archives of

Australia, Caolan

Mitchell, Thylacine

Cultural mediation

workshop: Skills and

approaches, Chiara

O’Reilly, Anna

Lawrenson, Lee-Anne

Hall, University of Sydney,

Rachel Arndt, Museums &

Galleries of NSW

Locating globally

dispersed Dja Dja

Wurrung items held by

museums, Jocelyn Bardot,

University of Melbourne,

Ron Kerr, Dja Dja

Wurrung Clans Aboriginal

Corporation

2.15pm

2.30pm The Victoria Hotel: Using

digital media to tell new

stories in Indigenous

communities, Indigo

Hanlee, Lightwell

3.00pm Afternoon tea Exhibition Hall

3.30pm-5.00pm 4A

Room: Bradman

Theatrette

4B

Room: Menzies

Theatrette

4C


4D


4E

Room: Sutherland

Theatrette

3.30pm Radical museology: Tools

and insights for innovative

practice, Craig Middleton,

National Museum of

A Rocky Road: Painting,

Pandemics and

Performance @ NIRIN

2020, Jimmy Frank,

'Just trying to sound

clever’*: Tackling the

language barrier in

contemporary art,

The mid-century century:

Finding sustainable

futures for a modern past,

Anna Wong, ACT Historic

In museums we trust:

What role can cultural

institutions play in

bridging the trust divide?,


Australia, Nikki Sullivan,

Centre of Democracy,

Howard Morphy,

Australian National

University, Adrian

Franklin, University of

South Australia

Joseph Williams, Nyinkka

Nyunyu Art and Culture

Centre

Jennifer Blunden, State

Library of NSW

Places, Virginia Rigney,

Canberra Museum &

Gallery, Amy Jarvis,

Australian National

University, invited

speakers

Prof Mark Evans,

Democracy 2025, Kim

McKay AO, Australian

Museum, Graham Durant,

Questacon, Daryl Karp,

Museum of Australian

Democracy

4.00pm Ancient knowledge and

colonial collections: Trust

in sharing cultural

practices to care for

Indigenous collections,

Paris Norton, Australian

Institute of the Aboriginal

& Torres Straight Islander

Studies

Sharing space, working

together, creating deep

bonds: Reflections of the

exhibition ‘Yield’,

Raymond Wholohan,

Griffith Regional Art

Gallery, Sarah McEwan,

The Cad Factory, Layla

Bacayo, The Art Factory

4.15pm The Tasmanian Museum

and Art Gallery apology to

Tasmanian Aboriginal

people: reflections on

truth telling and public

history, Janet Carding,

Denise Robinson,

Tasmanian Museum & Art

Gallery, Penny Edmonds,

Flinders University

4.30pm Decolonisation, deep

time, and the future of

history in Australian

museums, Mike Jones,

Australian National

University

History, but not as you

know it: Creating the new

Hyde Park Barracks

experience, Beth Hise,

Tim Girling-Butcher,

Sydney Living Museums

5.00pm-7.00pm MAGNA & MAPDA Awards

MAGNA Awards Sponsor

Exhibition Hall


THURSDAY 10 JUNE 2021 – NETWORK AND OFFSITE SESSIONS NATIONAL NETWORKS MORNING

All delegates are invited to connect with a national network.

The program will be hosted across cultural institutions in the Parliamentary Triangle. The Art Craft Design

National Network, Emerging Professionals, Education and many others will be running an exciting program

throughout the morning.

Pre-registration for the network sessions is required and can be completed via the registration site. If you

have already registered for the main conference, please contact Conlog to update your registration.

Parliamentary Triangle

Session Sponsor

8.30am Registration Various

9.00am-12.45pm Historians

Venue: National Portrait Gallery

Room: Theatre

Art Craft and Design Network

Venue: National Portrait Gallery

Room: Terrace Room

Chair: Robyn Daw

Emerging Professionals

Venue: National Archives of

Australia, followed by MOAD

Room: Function Room

Musetech & EVRNN & Education

Venue: National Library of

Australia

Room: Theatre

9.00am The art of creating a sustainable

future, Guy Abrahams,

CLIMARTE, Lisa Cahill, Australian

Design Centre

Followed by the AGM

Venue sponsor

Extend your reach: achieve your

goals

Followed by the AGM (to be

confirmed)

Venue sponsors

MEET 2021: Looking back looking

forward - a 'pivot-free' zone

Followed by the Education AGM

Venue sponsor

11.00am Museum Historians' National

Network

Followed by the AGM

1.00pm-1.45pm Lunch and final farewell / handover to AMaGA2022 Across all three venues

2.00pm-5.00pm CONFERENCE OFFSITE SESSIONS

Delegates are invited to visit Canberra cultural institutions big and small, far and wide. Buses will be provided to key locations.

Pre-registration for the offsite session is required and will open when the program is announced.

(Almost) always open - physical and digital engagement with 2020 hindsight, National Library of Australia & Questacon

Craft ACT and Canberra Museum and Gallery: museum hack, CMAG & Craft ACT

Digitising and using audio-visual collections at the NFSA, National Film & Sound Archives


Growing for conservation, research and education at the ANBG and Arboretum, Australian National Botanic Gardens & National

Arboretum

Made for Wonder - The Royal Australian Mint and Questacon's Learning Centre, Ian Potter Foundation Technology Learning Centre &

Royal Australian Mint

Mitchell: Behind the scenes, Australian War Memorial Storage Facility & National Archives of Australia

National Gallery of Australia and the High Court: brutalist buildings and their collections, High Court & National Gallery of Australia

Small village, big heart - Hall Museum visit, Hall School Museum & Heritage Centre

Offsite session sponsor

Offsite session bus sponsor

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